Song of Solomon 3

1 On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

1 Cierta noche no hallé a mi amado en mi lecho. Me levanté a buscarlo y no pude hallarlo.

2 I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

2 Salí en su busca por las calles de la ciudad y por los caminos, pero no lo hallé.

3 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

3 Los guardias me detuvieron y yo les dije: «¿Han visto ustedes por algún lado al amor de mi vida?».

4 I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

4 Un poco más tarde lo hallé, lo retuve y no lo dejé ir hasta llevarlo al hogar de mi madre, a la alcoba donde ella me concibió.

5 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

5 Les ruego, mujeres de Jerusalén, por las gacelas y cervatillas del bosque que no despierten a mi amada. ¡Déjenla dormir!

6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

6 ¿Quién es este que irrumpe de los desiertos como nube de humo por la tierra, entre aromas de mirra e incienso y perfumes exóticos?

7 Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.

7 Miren, es el carro de Salomón rodeado por sesenta de los más aguerridos hombres de su ejército.

8 All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

8 Todos son diestros con la espada y expertos guerreros. Cada uno lleva su espada sobre el muslo contra cualquier ataque nocturno.

9 King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.

9 Porque el rey Salomón se hizo una carroza de madera del Líbano.

10 He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

10 De plata eran sus columnas, su dosel de oro, de púrpura el asiento. Y su interior fue decorado con amor por las doncellas de Jerusalén.

11 Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

11 Salgan a ver al rey Salomón, oh doncellas de Sion, vean la corona que su madre le puso el día de su boda, el día de su alegría.